OMG, the guy from Khan academy is on Forum this morning, spouting all of these statements about AI that simply aren't possible for AI to do, and the host is just letting them all go by unchallenged.
Feminists taught me that Mad Max Fury Road is not a feminist movie. I get that.
Fury Road was just an action movie where the violent protagonist was a woman with a visible disability, instead of an able bodied man. I get that.
But I still enjoy the fact that George Miller looked at all the dudes that got angry that a woman was the star of a Mad Max movie, and said "Cry about it!" and doubled down.
That won't work because quality can't surface without top-notch editorial attention and focus. The better the editing, the better the reading
This is consistently taken for granted (by management, readers, and even by fellow journalists) because the work is invisible by design, like the fine seams in a good suit.
The freedom to repudiate, mock and condemn... this freedom also is under attack by the fash
(via calls for 'free speech' 'civility' 'both sides' and what have you)
Protect the right to ridicule those contemptible garbagios at all costs, call them every bad name you can think of e.g. lowlife garbage weasels, sad poltroons etc.
a great question to ask is what’s our vision for 2025? I continue to think that most people will choose the healthier and more fun-filled future, but lack the space for imagining it themselves https://mastodon.social/
SO true and well said. Imagining a better future and putting it in motion is the most important task right now, but all we think about is the bad guys... long past time for that to end
You actively participate on a site operated by an extremist right-winger who promotes other extremists who want, among other things, to end democracy. The end of democracy means, in case you haven't grasped this yet, the end of freedom of expression.
This means you are actively supporting his business -- and you're doing it for free.
Please grow a spine, and stop helping the people who hate you and want to destroy what you do.
There are use cases everywhere, just waiting for the regulatory climate to ensure they'll be given a chance
I myself developed one... there've been many millions sunk into projects that ultimately weren't safe to pursue in case they should suddenly be declared illegal.
The minute the regulatory frameworks are clear we'll finally see the reality, for good and/or ill